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Personal info

Full name
SPENCER, Homer James
Date of birth
18 September 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
Boone County, West Virginia
Hometown
Sissonville, Kanawha County, West Virginia

Military service

Service number
35653428
Rank
Private
Function
Rifleman
Unit
B Company,
1st Battalion,
317th Infantry Regiment,
80th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
21 September 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Millery, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 26 91

Immediate family

Members
Wilson A. Spencer (father)
Minnie M. (Hall) Spencer (mother)
Dallas E. Spencer (brother)
Delos E. Spencer (brother)
Claudis H. Spencer (brother)
Mable B. Spencer (sister)
Carl A. Spencer (brother)
Glendora E. Spencer (sister)
George W. Spencer (brother)
Ivie M. Spencer (sister)

More information

Pvt Homer J. Spencer enlisted at Fort Thomas Newport, Kentucky on 15 March 1943.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1920/1930/1940 Census / U.S. Draft Cards Young Men / Davis Family Tree, www.80thdivision.com
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